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- the present disclosure is concerned with a personal care device that has a drive train for coupling a drive unit with a driven treatment head, where the drive train has a separable coupling.
- a personal care device may comprise a handle portion and a head portion that can be detached from the handle portion, e.g. for cleaning purposes or for replacement.
- the head portion comprises a driven treatment head
- the separable coupling may then, e.g., comprise two gear wheels that have gear teeth that are in engagement with each other in the attached state and that become disengaged once the head portion and the handle portion are separated from each other.
- a personal care device having a head portion having a driven treatment head, a handle portion having a drive unit for providing a motion having a motion direction, and a drive train extending between the drive unit and the driven treatment head for transmitting the motion from the drive unit to the driven treatment head, the drive train having a separable coupling, the separable coupling has a first coupling part having a first coupling element, a second coupling part having a second coupling element, the first and the second coupling elements being separably engaged with each other, and a resilient element biasing the first coupling element and the second coupling element against each other so that the first and second coupling elements are engaged in a gap-free manner along the motion direction.
- FIG. 1 A is a schematic depiction of an example personal care device in accordance with the present disclosure
- FIG. 1 B is a magnification of the separable coupling shown in FIG. 1 A ;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic and isolated perspective view of one example coupling part of a separable coupling in accordance with the present disclosure.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic and isolated perspective view of another example coupling part of a separable coupling in accordance with the present disclosure.
- personal care shall mean the nurture (or care) of the skin and of its adnexa (i.e. hairs and nails) and of the teeth and the oral cavity (including the tongue, the gums etc.), where the aim is on the one hand the prevention of illnesses and the maintenance and strengthening of health (“care”) and on the other hand the cosmetic treatment and improvement of the appearance of the skin and its adnexa or of the teeth and the oral cavity. It shall include the maintenance and strengthening of wellbeing. This includes skin care, hair care, and oral care as well as nail care. This further includes grooming activities such as beard care, shaving, and depilation.
- a “personal care device” thus means any device for performing such nurturing or grooming activity, e.g.
- (cosmetic) skin treatment devices such as skin massage devices or skin brushes; wet razors; electric shavers or trimmers; electric epilators; and oral care devices such as manual or electric toothbrushes, (electric) flossers, (electric) irrigators, (electric) tongue cleaners, or (electric) gum massagers.
- the drive train of the proposed personal care device comprises a separable coupling, which separable coupling comprises a first coupling part and a second coupling part.
- the first coupling part comprises a first coupling element
- the second coupling part comprises a second coupling element.
- the first coupling element and the second coupling element are engaged with each other in the attached state to enable the transfer of motion from the first coupling part to the second coupling part or vice versa.
- the separable coupling further comprises a resilient element that biases the first coupling element and the second coupling element against each other and by this biasing it is as well assured that the two coupling elements are engaged with each other in a gap-free manner, in particular in a motion direction of the motion that shall be transferred from the drive unit to the driven treatment head.
- the two coupling elements can essentially not decouple from each other during operation. Such decoupling may otherwise generate noise (as the coupling elements will eventually bump against each other) and may also lead to wear of the two engaged coupling elements.
- the first and the second coupling element interact by abutting force transmission surfaces that are provided at parts of the first and second coupling elements that are essentially not resilient.
- the resilient element is arranged elsewhere, but not in motion direction (but see below for the arrangement of two resilient elements).
- the resilient element may be arranged in reverse motion direction.
- the force transmission surfaces are disposed at sides of the first and second coupling elements that are not resilient by design. This shall enable a good power transfer and energy is not consumed by a deflection of the parts at which the force transmission surfaces are provided.
- the resilient properties of the parts at which the force transmission surface are arranged shall be less than the resilient properties of the resilient element.
- the spring constant of the parts at which the force transmission surfaces are realized is at least about a factor of two higher than a spring constant of the resilient element.
- the resilient element may be designed so that the applied biasing force is higher than the usual forces that occur during regular operation of the personal care device in reverse motion direction. Forces higher than the biasing force and acting in reverse motion direction would deflect the spring element and thus will lead to a decoupling of the first and second coupling elements.
- the biasing force may thus be defined by measuring the typical forces occurring during regular operation of the personal care device and by setting a threshold so that in average only during 50% or less of the treatment period a decoupling of the first and second coupling elements occurs, or for 25% or less or for 10% or less or for 5% or less or for 4%, 3%, 2%, or 1% or less.
- the first and second coupling parts comprise further engaging pairs of coupling elements, e.g. at least a second pair of coupling elements.
- the separable coupling may have three or four or more pairs of engaging coupling elements.
- a second resilient element may be provided, which second resilient element may then be disposed in motion direction so that the coupling elements of the second pair of coupling elements are biased against each other and interact at force transmission surfaces that are disposed in the reverse motion direction. This allows that the motion direction may be reversed without losing the effect of the motion transfer via essentially not resilient force transmission surfaces.
- the motion that is transferred from the drive unit to the driven treatment head may be a rotary motion.
- the rotary motion may be an oscillating rotary motion, or the personal care device may comprise the possibility to revert the rotary motion, e.g. by means of a respective input device such as a button or a touch screen. It shall also not be excluded that the motion is a linear motion or a more complex motion.
- the first coupling element is one of a receiving portion (also named: receptacle) and a projection (e.g. a pin) and the second coupling element is the other one of the receiving portion and the projection.
- the receptacle may have an open end in a direction along which the first and second coupling parts are intended to be separated.
- the open end may have a chamfer to accommodate an easy attachment of the separated coupling parts in which the projection will be guided into the receiving portion despite an offset between the two coupling elements due to the chamfer.
- the resilient element may be arranged integral with one of the first or second coupling parts, e.g. it may form one side of the receiving portion in above mentioned example.
- the resilient element may comprise a spring arm that can deflect from a rest position into a deflected position in the coupled state.
- the first coupling element is realized as a receptacle and the second coupling element is realized as a projection engaging with the receptacle when the coupling parts are attached.
- One side of the receptacle may then be realized by the resilient element, e.g. a spring arm that can deflect into a hollow.
- the receptacle may now be designed smaller than the corresponding size of the projection that enters the receptacle.
- the larger sized projection then deflects the spring arm of the resilient element from its rest state into a deflected state. Under such deflection, the resilient element provides a biasing force that pushes the two coupling elements against each other.
- the resilient element may in particular be arranged in a direction opposite to the motion direction so that during operation the two coupling elements transmit the motion via two force transmitting surfaces that are not resilient (ignoring any resiliency of the bulk material from which the coupling elements are made) as was already discussed.
- the resilient element may be made from the same material as the coupling part at which it is integrally provided.
- the material may be a plastic material such a polyoxymethylene, which shall not exclude any other material.
- at least a portion of the resilient element is made from metal, e.g. from spring metal forming for example a spring sheet that may be at least partly overmolded by plastic.
- the treatment head and the handle portion of the personal care device may be arranged to be pivotable with respect to each other around at least one pivot axis.
- the separable coupling may be realized as a separable universal joint 500 .
- the pivot angle may have an absolute range in the order of 1 degree to 50 degrees.
- the handle portion and the treatment head may also be arranged to be pivotable to each other around two in particular perpendicular pivot axes P 1 , P 2 , see FIG. 1 A .
- the handle portion and the head portion may be secured to each other by means of at least one pair of separable mechanical connector elements such as a snap hook and a corresponding receptacle for receiving the snap hook.
- FIG. 1 A is a schematic depiction of an example personal care device 1 in accordance with the present disclosure.
- the personal care device 1 has a head portion 10 and a handle portion 20 that are separably connected with each other.
- the head portion 10 comprises a treatment head 11 , which treatment head 11 has at least one part that is arranged for being driven into motion (for simplification it is in the following said that the treatment head 11 is driven during operation of the personal care device, which shall be understood that at least one part of the treatment head 11 is driven, which shall not exclude that the complete treatment head 11 is driven into motion).
- a drive unit 30 is disposed in the handle portion 20 .
- a drive train 40 extends between the drive unit 30 and the treatment head 11 to transmit a motion provided by the drive unit 30 to the treatment head 11 .
- the drive train 40 comprises a separable coupling 50 arranged so that when the head portion 10 and the handle portion 20 are separated, also the separable coupling 50 becomes separated.
- the head portion 10 and the handle portion 20 may comprise at least one pair of mechanical connector elements 12 , 22 .
- the head portion 10 may comprise a mechanical connector element 12 and the handle portion 20 may comprise a mechanical connector element 22 , which pair of mechanical connector elements 12 , 22 is mechanically connecting the head portion 10 and the handle portion 20 together.
- the head portion 10 and the handle portion 20 comprise two or more pairs of mechanical connector elements.
- One of the mechanical connector elements 12 , 22 may be arranged as a snap hook and the other one as a receptacle for receiving at least a portion of the snap hook, e.g. a nose of the snap hook. This shall not exclude hat other mechanical connector elements may be used.
- the separable coupling 50 has a first coupling part 510 and a second coupling part 520 that are separably engaged with each other as will be explained in detail with respect to FIG. 1 B .
- the separable coupling 50 further comprises a resilient element 530 .
- FIG. 1 B is a magnification of the separable coupling 50 shown in FIG. 1 A .
- the first coupling part 510 comprises a first coupling element 511 A and the second coupling part 520 comprises a second coupling element 512 A.
- the coupling 50 can be separated by moving the first coupling part 510 relative to the second coupling part 520 in a separation direction S 1 or vice versa moving the second coupling part 520 relative to the first coupling part 510 in a separation direction S 2 .
- the resilient element 530 is realized as an element being integral with the first coupling part 510 .
- the resilient element 530 might also be arranged at the second coupling part 520 or may otherwise form part of the separable coupling 50 .
- the resilient element 530 comprises a spring arm 531 that is in a deflected position (a hollow 532 is provided behind the spring arm 531 so that the spring arm 531 has enough place to deflect). The spring arm 531 thus applies a biasing force F onto the second coupling element 521 A and thereby pushes a force transmission surface 522 A of the second coupling element 521 A against a force transmission surface 512 A of the first coupling element 511 A.
- the spring arm 531 of the resilient element 530 will move back into its rest position when the first coupling part 510 and the second coupling part 520 become disengaged (i.e. separated).
- the resilient element 530 By means of the resilient element 530 , the first coupling element 511 A and the second coupling element 521 A are engaged in a gap-free manner with respect to the motion direction of the motion M 1 . Due to the gap-free engagement and due to the biasing force F, the first and second coupling elements 511 A, 521 A will essentially always be in force transmission contact at their force transmission surfaces 512 A, 522 A.
- the resilient element 530 may be arranged so that the biasing force is larger than typical forces that might be applied by the second coupling element 522 A at the spring arm 531 .
- the drive train 40 may comprise an overload clutch so that the forces applied at the resilient element 530 are limited.
- the separable coupling 50 may have more than one pair of coupling elements 511 A, 521 A.
- Two further pin-like coupling elements 521 B and 521 C are shown that are in engagement with respective receptacle-like coupling elements provided at the first coupling part 510 .
- the relative position between the first coupling part 510 and the second coupling part 520 is defined by the first pair of coupling elements 511 A, 521 A, any other pair of coupling elements does not need to be engaged in a gap-free manner.
- a second resilient element may be present and this second resilient element may be arranged together with a second pair of coupling elements in a manner mirrored with respect to the motion direction of motion M 1 to the shown arrangement of resilient element 530 and first pair of coupling elements 511 A and 521 A. Such a mirrored arrangement would then take over the force transmission in the inverse motion direction of a motion M 1 ′. In case only the shown arrangement of the resilient element 530 and of the first pair of coupling elements 511 A and 521 A is present, some energy would get lost due to the elasticity of the resilient element 530 when the motion direction is inverted to M 1 ′.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic and perspective depiction of an example coupling part 300 that may be utilized as first or second coupling part of a separable coupling in accordance with the present disclosure.
- the coupling part 300 is arranged at the end of a shaft 310 and comprises a base element 320 and three projections 321 , 322 , and 323 that are each realized as a pin extend radially outwards from the base element 320 with an angular offset of 180 degrees between each pair of neighboring projections 321 and 322 , 322 and 323 , and 323 and 321 .
- the projections 321 , 322 , and 323 i.e.
- the respective coupling part may have two projections or four projections etc.
- the coupling element provided as a projection may take any form and is not limited to a pin. In case of two or more coupling elements realized as projections, each of the coupling elements may have its own shape and position.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic and perspective depiction of an example coupling part 400 that may be utilized as first or second coupling part of a separable coupling in accordance with the present disclosure.
- the coupling part 400 may be engaged with the coupling part 300 shown in FIG. 2 to form a separable coupling.
- the coupling part 400 is arranged at the end of a shaft 410 and comprises a base element 420 and three receiving portions 421 , 422 , and 423 and also a resilient element 430 .
- Each of the receiving portions 421 , 422 , and 423 is formed by the base element 420 and walls of neighboring wall elements 421 A, 422 A, 423 A and in case of the receiving portion 421 , one of the walls is defined by a wall of a spring arm 431 of the resilient element 430 .
- the wall elements 421 A, 422 A and 423 A each generally extend in a direction that is parallel to the longitudinal extension direction of the shaft element 410 .
- the projections and the receiving portions 421 , 422 , and 423 are intended to interact along force transmission surfaces 421 F, 422 F, and 423 F of the wall elements 421 A, 422 A, and 423 A, respectively, so that a motion M 3 in counterclockwise direction results.
- a projection engaging with receiving portion 421 has a size that is slightly larger in circumferential direction than the open width of the receiving portion 421 and that the projection bends the spring arm 431 of the resilient element 430 from its shown rest position into a deflected position in which the spring arm 431 is moved into the hollow 432 and biases the projection against the force transmission surface 421 F.
- the projection e.g. projection 321 as shown in FIG. 2
- the receiving portion 421 are engaged in a gap-free manner in circumferential direction (i.e. in the direction of the motion M 3 ) and any noise and wear due to repeated decoupling of projection and receiving portion during operation are effectively reduced.
- the engaging coupling parts may each have a mix of projections and receiving portions, e.g. each coupling part may have one projection and one receiving portion.
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